1990’sBy Paris, Mariya and Rachel.

FASHION…

The fashion trend in the 1990’s started with;

Tattoos

Body piercings/ear piercings

Other forms of body modification such as branding.

Also, the ‘casual chic look’ become popular which includes T-shirts, jeans, hoodies and trainers

which continued into the 2000’s.

Women's fashion was to wear neon colours and leggings and exercise wear.

In Europe, especially Italy, the fashion trend was to wear all black or designer clothes

displaying Italian or French labels such as;

Armani

Gucci

Chanel

Popular accessories...

Straw hats

Knee high shoes/dolly shoes

Shell necklaces

Fashion is related to music because the trends which were popular at the time came from music.

POLITICS…

John major was the prime minster in the UK during the 1990’s. He was a conservative leader and was the most

recent Conservative leader to win an outright majority of votes in a general election. After he was kicked of the

political party as he was too serious and boring. This helped Tony Blair gain favor and he became the prime

minister in 1997, he was able to gain power by hanging out with popular music artists such as Noel Gallagher.

Cool Britannia was a major event during the 1990’s, it is a period of increased pride in the culture of the United

Kingdom throughout most of the 1990s inspired by 1960s pop culture. George Bush became in power from 1989 to

1993

Many wars began such as the first and second Congo war.

GENRE & ARTISTS…

The types of music which were popular during the time were;

Rock, examples of artists which were popular were Blink 182,

Foo fighters and Goo goo dolls.

Urban Pop & Contemporary R&B, examples of artists which

were popular Spice Girls, Destiny Child, Mariah carey and Faith

Evans.

Hip Hop, examples of artists are Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Outkast and

Missy Elliot. They were popular because…

Electronic music, examples of artist which were popular at the

time are ATB, Ferry Corsten and Pete Tong

Country music, examples of artists which were popular are Clint

Black, Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt and Lorris Morgan. They were

popular because…

MUSIC MEDIA

• During the 1990s magazines such as Top Of The

Pops was launched in 1995

• MTV gradually shifted away from music videos

beginning in 1992 and radio started to explore

different types of music.

TECHNOLOGY…

The technology that was used in the 90’s was a Walkman, where the music was

produced on a cassette.

On the television top of the pops use to have the hit singers in the charts to

perform on the show.

In the late 1990’s CDs players became popular and loads of people started

buying them.